MATTHEW OF WESTMINSTER
The flowers of history, especially such as relate to the affairs of Britain. Vol. I. B.C. 4004 to A.D. 1066.
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A.D. 363. SEBAPIOIT, BISHOP OF THANES, DIES. 195
A.D.
353. Donatus, a writer and teacher of the art of gram
mar, was celebrated at Rome.
A.D.
354. Eusebius, of Ceesarea, in Palestine, a man most learned in the Holy Scriptures, first fell into the Arrian heresy, but afterwards corrected himself before he died.
A.D.
355. Eustacius, bishop of Antioch, composed some
short works against the Arrian doctrines, and was afterwards
banished.
A.D.
356. When Eustacius, bishop of Antioch, was banished,
Liberine was appointed pope, and occupied the chair at Rome
ten years.
A.D.
357. Marcellus, bishop of Ancyra, who wrote many
things against the Arrians, was accused of the Sabellian heresy,
as Hilarius mentions. But he defended himself, denying that
he held the heresy of which he was accused.
A.D.
358. Basil, bishop of Ancyra, in Macedonia, with Eustacius Sebasteus, was an eminent man, and very skilful in the art of physic.
A.D.
359. Lucifer, bishop of Carela, was banished by Constantius, because he would not condemn the Nicene creed. But after he returned from exile, he agreed with the heretics, and, departing from the communion of the church, he shared the fall of his namesake and adviser Lucifer, the star of the morning.
A.D.
360. Eusebius, bishop of Vercellœ, on account of his confession of faith, was banished by Constantius to Catapolis, and when he returned from exile he was murdered by the treachery of the Arrians.
A.D.
361. Hilary, bishop of Poictiers, in Aquitaine, was by the contrivance of Saturninus, bishop of Aries, sent from the council into exile in Phrygia, with the sanction of Constantius, and he there wrote twelve books against the Arrians. And when he returned from exile he wrote a book about the councils, addressed to the bishops of the Gauls.
A.D.
362. The emperor Constantius, on account of the persecution of the Arrians, banished Liberius, bishop of the Roman see. And as he was going into exile, Fortunatius, bishop of Aquileia, first tampered with him and corrupted him, and dragged him into subscribing to heresy.
A.D, 363. Serapion, bishop of Thanes, a man of elegant ·
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